Question 140
During a GPU datacenter maintenance window, an engineer discovers: An operations team swaps a suspect fiber pair but forgets to record which patch panel ports connect the host to each redundant network rail. Which repeatable operational safeguard best prevents recurrence of this failure?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This preventive practice addresses the underlying failure (Missing physical connection provenance can turn routine fault isolation into a cross-rail outage.) and supports continued assurance through: A sampled disconnect at each recorded patch endpoint affects only the documented rail and the surviving rail remains usable.
Incorrect Answers
This prevention control targets another operational risk: A network design assumes any DAC of the same connector shape works across the planned distance, and some GPU node ports negotiate down from the target speed. The currently reported mechanism remains: Missing physical connection provenance can turn routine fault isolation into a cross-rail outage.
This prevention control targets another operational risk: A GPU training fabric uses optics intended for short single-mode links on multimode building fiber and experiences frequent lane errors despite a link-up state. The currently reported mechanism remains: Missing physical connection provenance can turn routine fault isolation into a cross-rail outage.
This prevention control targets another operational risk: A GPU cluster works at idle but repeatedly throttles during model training because the data center cooling model uses average rather than peak accelerator heat output. The currently reported mechanism remains: Missing physical connection provenance can turn routine fault isolation into a cross-rail outage.